Hendrik Cloete, Groot Constantia and the VOC 1778-1799: Documents from the Swellengrebel Archive
- ISBN-10
- 0958452210
- ISBN-13
- 9780958452212
- Category
- Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Van Riebeeck Society, The
- Authors
- Hendrik Cloete, G. J. Schutte
Description
... Groot Constantia . Van der Spuy bought it in 1759 for f45 000 , more than double the ƒ20 800 paid for it by C.G. Wieser in 1734. Van der Spuy sold the property to Serrurier in 1778 for ƒ53 000 , while Cloete bought it in that same year ...
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